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Thats an utterly fantasic personal Garrison you're building there Rolf! ...and the photos taken by your lovely wife are pretty **** awesome too. THanks for contributing to SWHelmets. Bravo! Cheers Jez

No I don't mind at all Mike - threads like this are exactly what StarWarsHelmets.com reference photos are for. I think the step-by-step video tutorial you're doing is excellent Well done! Cheers Jez

Rolf Don't tell me want ANOTHER set of TK armor!!! You really are aiming to have your own army there Cheers Jez

Note also that MUSEUM Replicas (not master) has also just announced that they have the high end costuming license for Star Wars and as part of this will ALSO be producing licensed Stormtrooper Armour. So basically thats 2 companies producing licensed trooper armour! Cheers Jez

Rubies sent me some more info this afternoon on their new "Supreme Stormtrooper Costume" so I've updated my site with details. There's only a single photo but it looks like theyve used a Don Post Fiberglass Deluxe helmet for the photoshoot (so is likely to change), although the RotJ armour does look impressive. I've "adjusted" the original photo to remove the black area around the neck to give a better look. I dont think the model was wearing it correctly! Here's a close up of the chest/abs Its likely to retail around the $850 mark and could have interesting repercussions for the hobby. More on my site on the Rubies page Cheers Jez

There's been discussionss on a nummbr of forums including RFP and Prop Den about this. I dont think anyone thinks these are the original (1976) moulds, although I'm personally sure these moulds also couldt have pulled SDS's Stunt or Hero helmets either since there are just too many descrepancies (at least with the helmets I have from 2004/5) IMO therefore these are probably moulds for the battlespec helmet, however I understand why people have no any faith in what AA says any more. Cheers Jez

Cheers Doug I only got to see the full on face shots so would like to see the others if some one could email them to me- jez (at) starwarshelmets (dot) com Cheers Jez

Wow Paul That looks really excellent Cheers Jez

Very nice - well done I especially like the hand plates - for the first time they look like the originals Cheers Jez

Bloody **** guys, they look superb - If theres any more detail then I can add that to the next update Cheers Jez

Mario, Rolf - copy that what both you said - far too much for one person. It's my site but it shouldnt be just my views. Clutch - why the change of heart? - IMO the "recasting" issue has become a lot less black/white and a **** of a lot "grayer". Its getting very difficult to decide what helmets are "recast" and which arent as a certain person effectively sold "rights" to a numer of people over recent years, each time "quitting the hobby" to pop up again a few months later, then resell the rights again and so on and so on. I believe its made a mockery of what people perceive as a "recast". Sorry to ramble. Bottom line is I'd like to bring the archive up to date with whatever's missing Cheers Jez

Rolf - a review of the troopermaster, from trimming, assembly to wearing would be a great review thanks. Also a review of the AP and possibly a comparison with another helmet/armour – then again that’s something I’m sure people would like to real Mike – excellent! Mario – whats CMS? Everything on SWH is done in Frontpage and tbh I’m REALLY crap at web design eifion – glad the sites been of value. Its exactly whats its there fore so I’m happy when people get something from it Gundamzeppelin – sounds cool Daetrin : Youre right that 2 AP’s side by side doesn’t show much, but then an AP compared to a GF compared to a TE2 – now that is interesting (to us anal types) Cheers Jez

I tend to think that there is no "absolute authority" on the subject, we all have individual bits of knowledge that when pooled can hopefully help the hobby as a whole. From what you're saying I'm sure you could put something extremely informative together. I'm sure you're as well placed as anyone to do it. It sounds like we've made a start! Cheers Jez

Absolutely - thats exactly what I mean. If anyone out there has some of the various clone helmets and wants to do review(s) or comparisons then please go ahead and send them to me Cheers Jez

As most of you know, I’ve been working on StarWarsHelmets.com for a number of years now, and its grown to the state where its hopefully become the web’s all-encompassing archive of costumes, masks and obviously helmets from within the Star Wars universe. I am conscious that it has not been updated enough in recent months and so I’d therefore like to open it up to articles and most importantly; reviews from other collectors. I’d therefore like to invite people to provide full reviews of some of the “missing” items, which will include photographs and the text itself. I will act as “Editor” just to make sure no one says anything libellous, but otherwise you’re free to say what you like (just maybe avoid using phrases like “this is the best, accurate, whatever” as it always causes disagreement). At the same time I’m going to put some time aside to bring a number of the other sections up to date, concentrating on the text, much of which hasn’t been updated for 2-3 years. As an example, just looking at the Stormtrooper section, there are a number of helmets and full armour now available out there, which are not reflected in the archive, e.g. AP, Trooper Master and SDS to name just three. Same with Vader etc. etc. There are bound to be “sensitive” issues, especially where potential recasting is considered, however if someone wants to review the Meatsock for example then I suppose it should be there. As an example of the type of reviews I’m looking for – check out my Master Replicas page with reviews of the clones. Photos need to be approx 600 x 800 (about 8.5” @ 72 pixels /inch) such that they take up most of the screen, but not more. Photos should be with a neutral background if possible (white, black, brick, just nothing fussy) and photos should be saved at 50% jpeg compression. As far as the review its just about explaining the obvious things, and how it compares in your mind with the competition – as an indicator, typically 500-800 words is plenty. I’m not against people reviewing stuff that’s already on the site, but just want to prioritise new articles, on stuff that’s not already there. I've posted this here as well as at the Prop Den to gauge interest. So who’s up for it? Cheers Jez